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Bartley was charged with murder. He was deemed incompetent to stand trial by psychiatrist Dr. Harley Stock, but was medicated and declared legally sane. He invoked the insanity defence at trial, his lawyers arguing that he was insane at the time and his schizophrenia had caused him to believe that the end of the world was coming and his children would go to Hell if he had not killed them. His co-worker Arthur Szot had spoken with him earlier that day and stated that Bartley had told him Judgement Day was imminent and that "God will kill Jezebel's children" unless he saved them. He had also talked about children being burned in the furnace, although no connection had been made. Other witnesses reported that the Emmanuel Fellowship had inspired Bartley that the souls of his children needed to be cleansed in fire. Bartley was ultimately convicted and sentenced to life without parole. The Michigan Court of Appeal overturned his conviction, but this decision was set aside by the Michigan Supreme Court and Bartley remains incarcerated. | Bartley was charged with murder. He was deemed incompetent to stand trial by psychiatrist Dr. Harley Stock, but was medicated and declared legally sane. He invoked the insanity defence at trial, his lawyers arguing that he was insane at the time and his schizophrenia had caused him to believe that the end of the world was coming and his children would go to Hell if he had not killed them. His co-worker Arthur Szot had spoken with him earlier that day and stated that Bartley had told him Judgement Day was imminent and that "God will kill Jezebel's children" unless he saved them. He had also talked about children being burned in the furnace, although no connection had been made. Other witnesses reported that the Emmanuel Fellowship had inspired Bartley that the souls of his children needed to be cleansed in fire. Bartley was ultimately convicted and sentenced to life without parole. The Michigan Court of Appeal overturned his conviction, but this decision was set aside by the Michigan Supreme Court and Bartley remains incarcerated. | ||
==References== | |||
*[https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/susan-dobben Bartley James Dobben], ''Chilling Crimes'' | |||
*[https://apnews.com/article/2c20869c81b7f11c73da4e0d7f95cdfa A Year Later, Woman Has Forgiven Husband In Deaths Of Sons], ''Associated Press'' | |||
*[https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2017/11/look_back_thanksgiving_foundry.html Look back: Thanksgiving foundry-ladle murders of two young boys], ''Michigan Live'' | |||
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